Rule: If a general statement is mentioned, and then one of its individuals is mentioned with a ruling that matches it, that does not necessitate specification.
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The Shaykh : Because the stronger position among the opinions of the usul al-fiqh scholars is that if a general statement is mentioned, and then one of its individuals is mentioned with a ruling that matches it, that does not necessitate specification, as the scholars of usul al-fiqh have explicitly stated this, and this is the opinion of the majority of them.
For example, if I say: "Honor the students," and then I say: "Honor so-and-so" – and he is one of the students – does the mention of so-and-so in this case necessitate specifying the honor for him alone?
I said: "Honor the students," and I have twenty students, then I said: "Honor so-and-so," and he is one of the twenty. Does this necessitate that nineteen of these students are not honored?
No, just as when Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Qadr 97:4], the mention of the Spirit was not an exclusion of the rest of the angels.
The important point is that mentioning some individuals of a general statement with a ruling that agrees with the general statement does not necessitate specification, but the specification of this individual by mention is for a reason that necessitates it, either for special attention to him, or for something else.
The important point is that it is sufficient for us to say that the attribute that came regarding the right hand is this grasping, and it did not come that it is extended, so we remain with this attribute until it becomes clear to us from the Sunnah that it is extended in the sitting between the two prostrations.
And in this sitting, he says:Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:95 whether he is an imam, a ma'mum, or praying alone.
Even the imam says: "My Lord, forgive me."
If you say: How does the imam use the singular pronoun, when it is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The answer to that is: This is in a supplication in which the ma'mum says "Ameen." If the imam uses the singular form, he has betrayed the ma'mums. For example, the supplication of qunut now; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali the singular formSunan an-Nasa'i 1745Sahih (Darussalam).
If the imam says: "O Allah, guide me among those You have guided," this would be betrayal, because the ma'mum will say: "Ameen," and the imam has now supplicated for himself and left the ma'mums. So let him say: "O Allah, guide us among those You have guided." He should not specify himself with the supplication to the exclusion of the ma'mums in a supplication in which the ma'mum says "Ameen," because that is betrayal of the ma'mum.
If someone says: Let the imam say: "O Allah, guide me among those You have guided," and we tell the ma'mum: Say, "And I am like you."
Is that appropriate or not?
It is not appropriate. What is prescribed for the ma'mum is to say: "Ameen," so it must be a form that includes both the imam and the ma'mum.
Fine, then he prostrates the second prostration.
And the manner of the second prostration, what is it?
Like the first prostration, and what is said in it is what is said in the first prostration.
For example, if I say: "Honor the students," and then I say: "Honor so-and-so" – and he is one of the students – does the mention of so-and-so in this case necessitate specifying the honor for him alone?
I said: "Honor the students," and I have twenty students, then I said: "Honor so-and-so," and he is one of the twenty. Does this necessitate that nineteen of these students are not honored?
No, just as when Allah the Exalted said:
The angels and the Spirit descend therein
تنزل الملائكة والروح فيهاThe important point is that mentioning some individuals of a general statement with a ruling that agrees with the general statement does not necessitate specification, but the specification of this individual by mention is for a reason that necessitates it, either for special attention to him, or for something else.
The important point is that it is sufficient for us to say that the attribute that came regarding the right hand is this grasping, and it did not come that it is extended, so we remain with this attribute until it becomes clear to us from the Sunnah that it is extended in the sitting between the two prostrations.
And in this sitting, he says:
My Lord, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, heal me, keep me safe, and provide for me
رب اغفر لي وارحمني واهدني، واجبرني وعافني وارزقنيEven the imam says: "My Lord, forgive me."
If you say: How does the imam use the singular pronoun, when it is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Regarding the man when he is an imam and specifies himself with the supplication, he has betrayed the ma'mums
في الرجل إذا كان إماماً وخص نفسه بالدعاء، فقد خان المأمومينThe answer to that is: This is in a supplication in which the ma'mum says "Ameen." If the imam uses the singular form, he has betrayed the ma'mums. For example, the supplication of qunut now; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali the singular form
Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayta
اللهم اهدني فيمن هديت ...If the imam says: "O Allah, guide me among those You have guided," this would be betrayal, because the ma'mum will say: "Ameen," and the imam has now supplicated for himself and left the ma'mums. So let him say: "O Allah, guide us among those You have guided." He should not specify himself with the supplication to the exclusion of the ma'mums in a supplication in which the ma'mum says "Ameen," because that is betrayal of the ma'mum.
If someone says: Let the imam say: "O Allah, guide me among those You have guided," and we tell the ma'mum: Say, "And I am like you."
Is that appropriate or not?
It is not appropriate. What is prescribed for the ma'mum is to say: "Ameen," so it must be a form that includes both the imam and the ma'mum.
Fine, then he prostrates the second prostration.
And the manner of the second prostration, what is it?
Like the first prostration, and what is said in it is what is said in the first prostration.
